Apart from the need for balance in the Christian life (the message of 2 John), we also need authenticity. Jesus spoke of this in the Sermon on the Mount, reminding us that ‘no good tree bears bad fruit’ and that ‘by  their fruits you will know them’. John’s third letter, known to us as 3 John, also calls us to be authentic in our witness for Christ as in unfolds John’s assessment of the example of three men in the local church: Gaius, Diotrephes and Demetries, whose witness and example for Christ, both good and bad, were noted by the Apostle John and recorded for us that we also might know and imitate (or avoid) their conduct.

Full service

00:00 Welcome
Song: Come Praise and Glorify
00:17 Introduction
00:36 Prayer
Song: Meekness and Majesty
05:53 Bible reading: 1 John 3:1-10
Song: O Lord my Rock
07:28 Bible reading: 3 John 1-15
09:16 Sermon: 3 John 1-15
Song: O for a Closer Walk with God
30:39 Closing